DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPACT CONE PENETRATION DEVICE FOR BACKFILL EVALUATION

The results of a series of preliminary studies that were conducted to develop a penetration device to be used in the assessment of the in situ condition of backfill materials behind the conduit wall of soil-steel structures and in other buried conduits are described. In particular, the methodologies associated with the design of an impact cone device and the results of a series of preliminary tests conducted on dense sand and loose granular soils are discussed.

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  • This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1315, Culverts and Pipelines: Design, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Repair 1991. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Authors:
  • Selvadurai, APS
  • Bakht, B
• Publication Date: 1991

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 38-45
• Monograph Title: Culverts and pipelines: design, monitoring, evaluation, and repair 1991
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1315
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Backfilling; Cone penetrometers; Dense soils; Evaluation; Field tests; Flexible structures; Granular soils; Loose soils; Penetrometers; Sand; Soil structure interaction; Steel structures; Underground structures
• Old TRIS Terms: Backfills; Impact cone device; Insitu methods; Soil-steel structures; Test results
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00620380
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309051525
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 31 1992 12:00AM